Door construction



Aug. 24, 1954 v. s. SPECTOR 2,686,942

DOOR CONSTRUCTION Filed Dec. 15, 1950 g INVEN-TOR 5 6: 74cm za f mtwATTORNEY Patented Aug. 24, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,686,942DOOR CONSTRUCTION Victor B. Spector, Falls Church, Va. ApplicationDecember 15, 1950, Serial No. 200,946

Claims. 1

The present invention relates to a novel door construction.

More particularly the present invention relates to a door constructionespecially adapted for vertically pivoted heavy glass doors and designedto prevent injury therefrom.

The heavy, transparent glass door provided with pivots extendingupwardly and downwardly from the upper and lower edges thereof hasbecome increasingly popular, especially in store conupper and loweredges. The use of doors of this type has resulted in considerable dangerto children especially, who may insert their fingers between the edge ofthe door and the jamb and upon closure thereof substantial injury mayresult.

It is one of the objects of the present invention, therefore, to providea novel door construction, including a guard member inserted in the jambof a door of the character described and extending to a substantialdistance in a lateral direction from the general plane of said door whenin closed position so as to prevent injury to an object interposedbetween the edge of the door and the jamb.

A second general object of the present invention is to provide a guardmember of the character described which will be resilient in characterand compressible so as to permit the insertion of a finger or otherobject between the door and jamb thereof and which will receive theobject referred to upon door closure so as to prevent injury thereof.

A third general object of the present invention is to provide a guardmember of the character described as part of a door jamb construction,which may be readily combined with the conventional jamb and theconventional tempered glass door.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will becomeapparent from the subsequent description and figures of the drawing,wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a door and jamb construction inaccordance with the present invention;

Fig, 2 is a section taken generally along the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a section line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

taken generally along the Fig. 4 is a section taken generally along theline 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a detail enlarged section of a portion of the constructionshown in Fig. 2 illustrating the action of the guard member; and

Fig. 6 is a section similar to Fig. 2 but illustrating a modification ofthe present invention.

Referring to the figures of the drawing, and particularly Fig. 1, atempered glass door of a conventional type is disclosed at H). The dooris supported as by channel members H and I2 at its upper and lower ends,respectively. Extending downwardly from the channel member II is a pivotmember l3 and extending upwardly from the channel member I2 is a pivotmember M, these pivot members extending downwardly through the sill l5and upwardly so as to support the door for swinging movement thereabout.The door construction, as shown, is provided with a jamb it which may besuitably made from sheet metal or other material.

Hi and I9 which guard member of a sheet of sponge rubber inwardlyextending edge portions serve to retain therein a suitable preferablycomposed and indicated at 20.

As best shown in Fig. 2 the guard member 29 extends laterally from theplane of the door H] substantially the entire width of the jamb. Thisinsures protection to a finger, as best shown in Fig. 5, or other objectif interposed between the .door l0 and the jamb when the door is in theopen position.

In Fig. 6 a modified form of the guard member is shown, which is made ofa single sheet of a suitable, thin spring metal and indicated at 2!, thespring metal guard member 2! being received within a modified recess 22in the door jamb 23. Here again, upon the insertion of an object betweenthe door It and the jamb the guard member 2! would yield to preventinjury.

I claim:

said door and the jamb upon closure of said door.

2. A door construction comprising a swinging door, a door jamb having alongitudinally extending recess upon the inner face thereof adjacentsaid door and a width substantially greater than said door, verticallyaligned pivot members at the upper and lower ends of said door, the axisof said pivot members being spaced from said jamb and yieldable guardmeans within said recess, said guard means extending laterally in eachdirection from the general plane of said door in closed position forsubstantially the entire width of said jamb whereby said yieldable guardmeans serves to prevent injury to an object interposed between the edgeof said door and the jamb upon closure of said door.

3. The door construction of claim 2 wherein the yieldable guard means isa sheet of compressible material.

4. The door construction of claim 2 wherein the yieldable guard means isa sheet of sponge rubber.

5. The door of claim 2 wherein the yieldable guard means is a springmember.

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